monkey pot

noun

1
a
: a large woody urn-shaped operculate fruit characteristic of the sapucaias and various closely related trees (as the manbarklaks)
b
: sapucaia
also : manbarklak
2
: a pot used in glassmaking
specifically : any of several round-topped oval cylinders enclosed in firebrick arches at the base of a chimney and used as melting pots in making of flint glass

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“Monkey pot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monkey%20pot. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.

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